Lot 666: A Chandelier In Pieces - 2004 Film | The Phantom of the Opera

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

The illumination of the chandelier restoring the entire opera House to it's former glory as it's rises higher and higher was absolutely beautiful.

[@notverified6887]

Goosebumps

[@neolibertarian5492]

You couldn’t see this in the theater production

[@TheSoulOfhisViolin2]

Every time I am nearly crying here, don't even know why, just beautiful

[@MAnuscript421]

Almost reminds me of the ending scene from Titanic. As the camera goes down the promenade the ship slowly reverts from the wreck back to its former glory.

[@hitotsudaketsukinoko]

The unveiling of the "repaired" chandelier - and the turn back of time - is absolutely one of the best movie scenes ever, in my opinion. I already loved the overture, but this is just amazing and always gives me goosebumps.

[@gottaloveem7862]

my headphones r on full blast and its still not loud enough for me to enjoy 😕

[@marcostet]

agreed! that's so impressive as all hell

[@DeathDxD]

This is my favorite part of the movie beside the masquerade dance

[@yoni5570]

A million thumbs up for this comment. “Gentleman” unveil. And I lose. My. Shit. They did this so much justice.

[@dontmindme724]

hitotsudaketsukinoko The music matches perfectly too

[@chaoticfantasycosplays]

Tbh, I think the Overture sequence is the best part of the whole film. You just get chills down your spine and feel adrenaline come flooding through you.

[@Evan8787]

You get chills down you spine because the Phanton is the Opera is in your mind

[@erickellogg8532]

it inspires the darkness in me

[@TakersMissy]

I totally agree with you, M.F.A.M.P.! 😊

[@natehsafalcone2350]

Agreed! I rewatched this a million times and never cease to feel the same way! Between this and Jurassic Park music…..it is just…..wow!

[@duckgoesquack4514]

@@erickellogg8532 note to self, dont give Eric a bic lighter

[@mauldus]

Having seen this on broadway, I can tell you watching this chandelier rise over your head while hearing this music live is a sense you'll never forget. This scene gives me chills and brings back those memories.

[@chineduahanonu264]

My wife and I watched it on Broadway this past weekend. While the whole show was great, the Overture was definitely the best part of the show.

[@belgainduran5711]

I saw it at the Ahmanson Theater in LA as a kid and a teen. This is still my all-time favorite Broadway musical, and the raising of the Chandelier is simply one of the greatest opening scenes in Broadway history.

[@benberlin57]

@@chineduahanonu264 I sincerely wish I could have seen it on Broadway. Short of getting one of our local theaters to do it (unlikely due to legalese), this will have to be an unrealized dream of mine.

[@mikekaraoke]

I know people that haven't seen the show, but they have shown parts of it over the years on TV documentaries/pics in magazines/also footage of it on video camera from the 80's/90's and now on KZbin! Just iconic the way it goes from a very old/broken chandelier to a brand new one.

[@rebeccam4397]

​@@benberlin57I wouldn't be surprised if they revive it eventually. There will be renewed interest, I think.

[@randomdood5196]

This is one of the most bad ass time turning scene in movie history

[@CamusDesings]

Word.

[@jgrado3]

The scene that singlehandedly brought musicals back to Hollywood. The chains, the cackle of the electricity, the transition along the lens-flare, the chandelier itself... Just pure reverence.

[@noneofyourbusiness9436]

I love the way this was done it's just so cool the way they used the chandelier to turn back time slowly I mean omg the phantom of the opera is my fav musical and Madame giry is my fav character

[@noneofyourbusiness9436]

Erik with a k

[@remixparodia1600]

Really? I like her and the phantom.

[@jessiepfeiffer210]

Madame Giry and Phantom are definitely favourites in the first film; the second however; both Giry Sr and Jr do extremely reprehensible acts which drops them both from favour in my opinion

[@foxintheforest9690]

The music. The carnage. The power. The emotion. The goosebumps you get from this scene alone cannot be replicated from anything else.

[@tenshimoon]

The Chandelier is pretty much its own character and you cannot tell me otherwise. It'll never not be my most fave character of TPotO in all media formats. Stan The Chandelier.

[@billiebuffalo]

as a rule, i wasnt entirely in love with the film, but this scene i could watch forever, ALW's genius on full display. and it was so clever to do the b&w to color transition, so powerful

[@jakedarling7549]

0:42 aaaaaaaand chills

[@theexoticshorthair156]

Jake Darling yep... every time.

[@jeremymcclintic9378]

my ears

[@juliadietrich3584]

That was the idea :)

[@Yashire_]

WHY DOES MADAME GIRY LOOK LIKE MCGONAGALL?-

[@angelomordini6779]

This is such a badass way to kick off the story. And seeing this done in person on Broadway was insane. Chills

[@aviorshadestar9702]

I just saw this movie for the first time ever tonight and I wasn’t sure about sitting through two hours of movie, but this opening sold me right then and there and I watched all of it. I wasn’t disappointed. This has to be one of the best scenes in the whole movie hands down.

[@TheaterRaven]

I'll never forget when I first saw this, in my high school drama class. The minute the cloth came off the chandelier and the overture started, a chill went up my back and I thought, "This is going to be the coolest thing ever!" And it was--what a tale! But with that said, am I the only one who rolls my eyes at the "Lot 666" thing? Yes, "Faust" is a backdrop in the original novel, yes, Erik (the Phantom) does several reprehensible things, but I don't think it's fair to equate him to the Devil. I have to wonder, if Erik wasn't deformed in the original story and was an outsider for some other reason, would its adapters make such broad comparisons. The whole "the disfigured guy is predisposed to be evil" thing is an antiquated archetype that can come off as insulting if not done properly. But, that's just my two cents.

[@karsubha]

no you are not

[@sylvia1797]

+TheaterRaven If you think the movie was cool, you must see the musical live. I've seen it more times than I can count, but every time I still feel a jolt go through me when the chandelier lights up and the overture starts.

[@TheaterRaven]

+Sylvia Bloom I have seen the musical, several times. :)

[@TheaterRaven]

+Everything-IS-Awsome The film is hit and miss for me. Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson are good as Christine and Raoul, but I'm not a fan of Gerard Butler at all. He did his best, and that's all an actor can do, but it really wasn't a smart move for them to cast someone who'd never sang before in his life to play one of the most famous roles in musical theater.

[@TheaterRaven]

Thank you! It's nice to see someone else gets it. It's one thing to make Erik into a "movie monster"--the tale could be interpreted as a melodrama--but to equate him to the Devil? Really? The story of "Phantom" is a very human story, a cautionary tale about what happens when we choose fear over love, and Erik embodies that--he's the innocent child who grows up feeling he has no choice but to inherit the role of the monster society handed him. And all that wisdom of love and compassion goes totally out the window with the chandelier being labeled with "Lot 666". Erik is no devil. He's a human being with the same yearn for love--love of any kind, not just romantic--as anyone else. To quote the book, "He had a heart that could have held the empire of the world, and in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar."

[@draccoonxcii1288]

They showed this at a chorus party back when I was in middle school, and it was my first introduction to this spellbinding show. The overture blew my mind. "Mr Phantom, you have my attention..."

[@Wolfstar26]

when i first saw this scene, of the chandelier rising back up from the ground and turning everything to colour, with that amazing music, it left me breathless

[@ninarances9074]

Damn, I love how they used the chandelier as the start of the story. Especially since I think of the chandelier as a "big part" of what happened in the opera. Also, the auctioneer said that the chandelier would hopefully drive away ghosts. Ironically, the person responsible for crashing it is known as the 'Opera Ghost'. Can I just say, I love how, as soon as the cloth was removed from the chandelier, the music starts and the wind kicks in, restoring opera as it was before. I love to imagine that a person is holding the cloth, and removes it to unveil the chandelier. But when the cloth is removed, it hides the person from view. And the swishing of the cloth causes a huge gust of wind, and the wind starts removing the dust from the opera house, restoring it. And as it does that, the cloth is removed from the camera's view, revealing the person as no longer someone who is in charge of the objects being sold in the auction, but he is revealed to be Erik, putting on his cape. He introduces himself to the audience, but runs away when he hears people coming into the opera house. Also, since people sometimes think a cold gust of wind is a ghost. I feel like, since I said Erik's cape is the cause of the wind (at least, in my imagination😅) it's like his way of saying "Let me tell you the story about me, the Phantom of the Opera". And that his "dead soul" is the gust of wind, cleaning and revealing how the opera was like all those years ago. I also love how someone pointed out that the chandelier is known as Lot 666, is a sort of reference to how Erik is known as the "angel of music", but says how he's an "angel of Hell".

[@norbertowitt6877]

I love the way he says "we can frighten away the ghosts of so many years ago with a little ilumination". He says "illumination" having a little laugh in the middle of the word.

[@deepwoodtickles]

One of the best film openings ever, guttral as the chandelier iluminates and the orchestra let loose, the transition present to past and the sudden life in the theatre.

[@hazbinotakusimp2182]

My absolute favorite scene transition, going from present to past by changing the colors, and literally blowing away the gloom, dust, cobwebs, to the prime time of the Opera Popularé, gives me goosebumps every time I watch it

[@D3miios]

I am fortunate enough to live close to nyc, so I got to see it on broadway... The pit in this part is.... Awe inspiring

[@csp1977]

I saw it live back in 1990 on a school trip. Scared the crap out of me when the music started.

[@Panda-qf3bw]

me too.

[@sharon102645]

I saw it on Broadway too. 4th row center seat. I actually ducked when the chandelier dropped because it landed about 4 inches from my head!

[@iambored2094]

Got to see it in Toronto in the 90's, love it so much

[@coconutshavedice1078]

I saw it in Chicago before I even knew the plot of the musical. At first, after watching the prologue, I thought the play was going to be quiet and boring but then the special effects and the music started and I was hooked.

[@sj-zs2cf]

I just fell in love with this movie

[@FramboiseduVin]

Amya Laird same really

[@polyhymnia701]

Same

[@MultiBigbird01]

This scene was just so visually stunning and the soundtrack paired with this scene just gives goose bumps. Literally the best opening scene of a movie for me.

[@nicolewang830]

as a film student, I have to say this is my favorite transition

[@dontworry9372]

musical to film adaptation is such a difficult feat, and this opening scene does everything it needs to do to make this moment happen in a way that only a film can. Very well done.

[@cbraxxas]

I saw this live on stage in London this week, I thought there's no way this scene could be more impressive than the film.. Turns out I was wrong....

[@amethystquinn3624]

When I went to see the play I almost cried it was just so amazingly powerful!!

[@jflsdknf]

I'm seeing it on broadway soon, the phantom will be played by Derrick Davis and I can't wait! Never seen it on stage before!!

[@rosem9221]

Chris Bruno yeah, doesn’t the chandelier actually fall into the audience at some point and fall into a pit or on stage.

[@fabiana7157]

I don't think a live show can do this better.

[@nyongtory4e]

@@rosem9221 Yeah I went last year to London and saw it before Covid fortunately. I was very near the chandelier and when it gets dropped its truly incredible. It obviously didnt fall on top of us but it gave the impression it was gonna.

[@bighuge1060]

There were so many great moments in this motion picture that it makes me lament all the more the bad decisions it made throughout. This opening was extraordinary.

[@marioe3617]

I remember watching this movie in cinema when I was 9 and being absolutely blown away by this scene

[@abbiemassey6712]

I really love seeing the chandelier go up. It's so cool how it is going backwards. They did an amazing job

[@jamesnelson6656]

Goosebumps every time. This is a film and show that made me fall deeper in love with the theater

[@DayTheMagpie]

0:42 Aaaaaand, there go my ears.

[@gottaloveem7862]

really i wish i could make it louder

[@KingdomHeartsFan3211]

Say what you want about this movie, but this transition was nothing short of epic and genius!

[@goldprime118]

The best example of why the organ is the most epic instrument ever made.

[@Sanguine_Addiction]

I saw this back in '99 at the Majestic Theater and it's a totally differently feeling when you see this masterpiece live. As soon as the pipe organ kicks in, the floor vibrates, your chair shakes, and a plethora of emotions runs through your body. You feel joy, fear, suspense, awe, and so much more. It's sensory overload and it never gets old.

[@mycroft16]

Got to see the Broadway performance of this and having the chandelier rise out over the audience and all is beyond magical. And to the power of that overture it's something that sticks with you. They did a great job on this sequence in the film. This overture never gets old.

[@sibsrestaurant3145]

My favorite scene, the best scene. I love how at the end he found that true love is also letting go.

[@TheOneXeption]

Who else sang the song as the music played?

[@TylerBasham]

OH MY GOSH ME!!!!!!!

[@neffnjeff6970]

Noni Ayrenin yup

[@quickhakker]

are you talking the lyrics in the phantom of the opera or going bom bom bom booom bom boom

[@blackieandme3647]

Me

[@SomnusSociety]

mE

[@47908-Lotus]

This has always been my favourite part of the whole movie

[@Evan8787]

I saw this in theatres. Still one of the best intros to a movie ever done.

[@sophiahamilton9258]

i just came home from seeing this show at the theatre and i’m in loveeeee💕💕💕💕

[@mayadiem]

This is one of favourite scenes ever. Perfection - incredible foreshadowing and use of music i love it!

[@ZoeBlazzardMusicLover]

One of my favorite parts of the movie~

[@rviolinfiddle55]

That first moment in theaters... back in 2004. I've never had goosebumps that powerful, before.

[@avshutsach]

Seeing this scene in theaters, I swear they put the bass up to 11 as I could feel the seat rumbling beneath me

[@SagesRS]

I, admittedly reluctantly , watched this movie because my wife loved it. This scene immediately sold me on the entire movie. Holy shit.

[@enikata7349]

I know it's CGI but I utterly love this opening, it's glorious!

[@StevenErnest]

This never fails to give me goosebumps.

[@swiftie4ever2010]

Saw this live on stage once and let me tell you. It’s just like how it is in the movie

[@brodielarson9096]

Best. Opening. Ever.

[@Christineog11]

56-57- the strum of that electric guitar is incredible!!!

[@gothgirlgraveyard3539]

This reminds me of titanic, unveiling a tragic event years later and going back in time.

[@morganbailey3231]

Jerry schwimmer the man who directed the movie maybe copied the idea from James cameron. the man who directed Titanic.

[@eliaspeter7689]

@@morganbailey3231 The theatrical act doest the same thing... so I don't think it's copied Titanic.

[@sarahholland9292]

I get chills EVERY time I see it

[@buba4267]

My family and I saw this show when it came to town. the moment the overture started , I got a chill up my spine. it was awesome :D

[@sistertara9730]

You really need to experience it in person. I remember getting wet from something and about jumping out of my seat when they raised the chandelier.

[@brezzainvernale]

I got goosebumps every time! The music, the colours coming alive, the turning back of time to well made... "Old" Raoul (it's him, right?) looking at the chandelier and trumbling a little bit of his memories...

[@alejandra_b1290]

I believe the old man is the phantom.

[@Auryanne]

I believe the man with the monkey is Raoul.

[@mythloverb5931]

Does the ceiling of the theatre remind anyone of the ballroom's ceiling in Beauty and the Beast?

[@stuartholden6163]

I had that thought too. Aspects of this story remind me a bit of Beauty and the Beast (Disney's animated); e.g. the ugly mysterious person that no one loves. But the ball room shot shares similarities with this film.

[@mickenziedavis3068]

Stuart H. And they both take place in France.

[@haleycooley2694]

The part where everything goes back to before was amazing 😍😍😍

[@JediJunkie247]

I was fortunate enough to see the Broadway musical when I was in high school. Our marching band was in NYC to be in the Macy's parade. We each got to choose one musical: Cats. Les Misérables and this. I chose Phantom and I was not disappointed.

[@zeldafan6124]

I may not understand the plot, but the music and effects are awesome

[@juliadietrich3584]

Thanks for making this playlist. Have been missing the movie and despite the breaks, it is close enough

[@MicaRayan]

I watched this scene so many times!!!

[@elizabethfout3817]

So I've seen the movie once and I cried but the opening scene is done so amazingly well that I listen to this and the crash scene every morning the music is so beautiful that organ give me chills and misty eyes

[@catl1783]

I still get goose bumps when I watch this scene, So magnificent! Stunning work

[@ohcanada8084]

Anyone who knows me, steers clear when I play this soundtrack or film. This section, I blast. It was not made to be played quietly- it demands TO BE HEARD!

[@stuartmurphy6800]

Having watched this in the theatre and the movie. It’s unreal how both scenes make the start of the production. Obviously the Hollywood budget etc for the movie is going to trump the theatre, but this is what starts both of them and they are both magnificent

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

This scene is so good and so beautiful. The way the color slowly comes back, it doesn’t just immediately come back, but it slowly comes back like it’s Madame Giry and Raoul thinking through all of the memories they have from that theater and from the chandelier crashing…And then seeing the opera house in all it’s beauty and glory the way that it used to be…seeing Christine and the other ballerinas, as well as the managers and Carlotta…it sets up the story so perfectly

[@reneekuh3495]

Overture: AMAZING Opening scene: HORRIFICALLY THE BEST THING EVER Songs: SPLENDID Characters(including phantom, ofc) LOVELY Whole Movie: LIFE

[@ThePetrovics]

after all these years still gives me goosebumps

[@kyla8045]

I remember sitting on the couch and my mom had insisted that I watch Phantom of the Opera. I wasn’t really paying attention until overture began and BAM I was invested

[@sacke1103]

If you've seen the movie and think it's amazing. Go watch it live... I promise you, you haven't seen.. or rather heard anything yet. The music is so much more powerful when performed live. And the opening scene with the chandelier.. boy oh boy I will never forget that moment. so fucking epic.

[@leesean1794]

Greatest movie opening ever, I mean it

[@mileycyrusfan197]

It has been 2 years for me since I did not see this movie and I'm looking up this scene again just now. lol

[@calebschmidt4379]

I don't really care for the movie but this scene...

[@sany3624]

I'm not alone

[@kingrichoyan8935]

Agree

[@samd2013]

The whole movie is great to me, but this scene is just a badass way to start it.

[@sxrosie]

this was the best part of the movie. hands down.

[@mikewebber2637]

Magnificently done. The chandelier rises and with it does nearly fifty years of dust and cobwebs and deterioration blow away. I love this sequence.

[@kiwuwuwu]

I am in awe. I love this scene.

[@kiwuwuwu]

Oh God I had my volume all the way up with headphones and when the music turned on I had a heart attack.

[@ac1d__]

This opening will never not give me chills.

[@HawkTeevs]

I’ve never really liked musicals that much, but my partner showed me various versions of The Phantom of the Opera, and when we got to this film and this part played, I genuinely got chills. Once the very first note of that organ played, I felt the looming, and suffocating presence of the Phantom. It felt like they were reawakening the Devil himself.

[@yellowRose806]

I now think that the old Madame Giry is Meg. If you look at pictures if the two actresses of Meg and Madame Giry in costume (Jennifer Ellison and Miranda Richardson), they have similar facial features except their nose. The nose on the old Madame Giry looks similar to Meg's.

[@saralundgren903]

She wouldn't be called Madame Giry though, would she? Either Miss Giry or if she got married, she'd be Madame "Marriedname".

[@kitkatpattywhack]

This part was phenominal! I agree with Jake Darling! CHILLS!

[@BeruBeruIce]

I remember when getting the DVD of this movie, thinking it would be a lame musical with only one good song. I was impressed and in this overture scene chills went down my spine

[@BlackCatFilmProductions]

Do any of you guys get a sudden chill when they view the Chandelier here?

[@rhymeandreasoning]

Fantastic opening

[@4AEMRR]

Imma be real with you, THIS GOES HARD

[@superdrummergaming]

This is one of the coolest scenes I've ever seen. The music is a total powerhouse. It absolutely fucks.

[@choiyeonjun8071]

2018 anyone We can all agree when this song played we all got chills

[@HisRoyalMajestyKingofWeedshire]

“This Chandelier includes a free theme song”

[@ciearakimberly523]

if yall love this scene with the chandelier you'll LOVE the actual stage version. (this scene is very understated to be honest. especially when you compare it to the stage version.)

[@wonderyear4896]

if you watched this live, you would understand how amazing this is

[@jeffreysnethen9586]

magnificent theatrical transition turning back the clock & with the perfect musical score, the drama of the wind & the leaves, perfection!

[@IronycheinPain]

"Lot 666---" THAT CHANDELIER IS A SINNER!!!1

[@arizonaarmadillo5829]

The best two minutes in 21st Century motion picture history, to date.

[@HoorayBagels]

The movie was lacking in a lot of aspects, but this scene is definitely one of the best in cinema history.

[@willjordan1560]

GENTLEMEN!!

[@bookworm362]

iconic/best flashback scene ever

[@Hot293wildcat]

When I saw the chandelier rising in the New York City musical I actually got scared as it rose high up off the ground.

[@zoenoelle8844]

this opening scene, along with charlie and the chocolate factory, is one of my favorites ever

[@ericsantana1184]

I'm becoming the Phantom of the Opera for Halloween.

[@Freikorps_Epp]

Eine der besten Szenen im ganzen Film

[@IgoOrLee]

My longest goosebumps in my entire life